In November of 2013 during the Communist Party’s Third Plenum, the government of the PRC announced an effort to shift the drivers of economic growth from heavy government spending and exports to domestic demand. This shift ...

This qualitative research examines what teachers, counselors, and principals from three elementary schools in Orange County Schools consider to be the most important factors that influence students’ standardized test scores. ...

I investigate financial instruments called contingent convertible bonds (CoCos). CoCos are designed to recapitalize banks during financial crises. Regulation would mandate their issuance. I survey the structure of financial ...

This project compares the United States, United Kingdom and Thailand’s print media coverage of Burma. Examining six newspapers’ coverage of Burma in 2008 and 2010, the project studies how newspapers frame Burma differently ...

Human trafficking has become a prominent political issue in the United Kingdom since 2001, with all major parties in the country agreeing on the importance of abolishing trafficking. However, the political discourse is ...

News websites produced by local U.S. newspapers and television news stations appear to
most significantly distinguish themselves by having characteristics similar to those of their
original medium. As audiences increasingly ...

Depression is the largest contributor to the worldwide disease burden of mental, neurological and substance use disorders. Addressing perinatal depression is a particular challenge in low- and middle-income countries where ...

This thesis attempts to provide a comprehensive list of factors that explain success in social entrepreneurship. In doing so, it defines success for social ventures to consist of three parts: 1) creating social impact, 2) ...

This paper analyzes the information provision requirements placed on hedge funds in Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Because the legislation and rulemaking are yet to be implemented, ...

As Americans increasingly produce and consume more organic foods, consumers’ perceptions of organic requirements may inaccurately reflect the legal requirements. My first question was, how do consumers’ perceptions of ...

Global climate change is thawing the Arctic, opening once impassable northern waterways and presenting new challenges for Canada and the United States as maritime traffic in the region increases. A longstanding legal dispute ...

This research serves to shed light on a topic that has received little to no prior attention: the ways in which local media report state legislative campaigns. Previous research has tested the relationship between federal ...

Problem | This project explores the possible role of competition from chain pharmacies in the lack of access to healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods by seeking to answer the question, “How and to what extent is the ...

Energy and environmental concerns have motivated policymakers to support renewable energy technology development through various tax policies. Currently, the majority of renewable energy projects in the U.S. benefit from ...

Poor sub-Saharan African countries are more likely to host long-term refugee situations in the 21st century than in previous decades. Many hosting governments have restricted refugees to camps because they consider long-term ...

By measuring the extent to which improved economic relations between China and Taiwan has led to improved political relations, this project uses the case of cross-Strait relations to test the idea that economic interdependence ...

With 55.5% of the nation’s high school students participating in athletics, it is valuable for educators to understand how athletics affect students’ educational aspirations. Educational aspirations are the strong desires ...

Women’s access to financial resources is popularly hailed and strongly evidenced to be a development tool that champions women’s economic empowerment. Globally, does economic empowerment through women’s access to formal ...

Background Past studies have typically focused on the effect of health insurance on primary health care for children, but few have assessed the effect the type of health insurance coverage has on primary care. This research ...

The purpose of this study was to explore the evidence-based practice movement and its implications for the realm of public health. The paper first described the evidence-based practice movement and examined its pros and ...